This code finally worked.

my $result= new CGI;
print $result->redirect("http://www.example.com");
close STDOUT;
my $pid = fork;
exit if $pid;
die "fork: $!" unless defined $pid;
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However, is this the most efficient way of doing things? Is it going to clog the system up if the script is accessed very freqeuntly? Thanks.